The First Antipsychotic Medications

question 216

Multiple Choice

The first antipsychotic medications:

• A) reduced apathy, social withdrawal, and other negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
• B) resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of people hospitalized for schizophrenia.
• C) reduced hallucinations, delusions, and other positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
• D) proved to be physically addictive and were withdrawn from use by the early 1960s.

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